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phoenix

1

bitterness; bitter taste

1

lower part; substructure; subordinate (office); good and faithful servant

4

a few moments

1

falling together; mutual destruction; joint bankruptcy

2

body; physique; build; stature

5

salvation by faith in Amitabha; relying on others; depending on others

1

attack; attack (on a difficult task); tackling; making an assault (on a summit); attack

1

heavy fog; dense fog; thick fog

1

to be dizzy; to be disoriented; to be dazzled; to be lost in (greed, lust, etc.)

2

to mend; to patch up; to fix (hair, clothes, appearance, etc.); to adjust; to keep up appearances; to cover up (e.g. a mistake)

1

very cheesy; very flashy; extremely gaudy

1

to shed light; to cast light

3

looks; features; (personal) appearance

1

falling asleep; going to sleep

1

Nobita

1

camp; camping

1

to maintain one's honor as a man; to save face (as a man); to have one's honor upheld

1

dizzily; giddily; spinning; boiling up

3

short sound

5

same quality; same nature; homogeneous

1

with a pat; with a tap; with a pop; with a crack; casually (throw); carelessly

1

pure; innocent; naive; unspoilt; pure-hearted; ingenuous

1

explosive (material)

1

rush mat; matting; mat

1

insubstantial; pointless

1

to sink (into); to get depressed

1

splashing; sloshing

1

running water; flowing water; stream

1

belatedly; though a little too late

1

landing on water; hitting the water; splashdown

2

to go through; to pass through; to struggle through; to get through (difficulties, danger, etc.); to escape (through the cordon)

1

to contemplate; to ponder; to think over; to reflect; to muse; to ruminate

1

moment by moment; hour by hour

1

to have heard somewhere; to sound familiar

2

shadow picture; silhouette; shadowgraph

2

to settle down; to stay (for good); to stay long; to stay on

3

local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift

1

revealing something that was foreshadowed earlier in the story

1

to roll about; to writhe about

2

moan; groan; groaning

1

fabric; cloth; material

1

marsh; swamp; obsession; addiction; ugly man; retard

4

to assign; to allot; to allocate; to divide among; to distribute; to prorate

5

insular; closed; unsociable; exclusive

2

free and easy; leisurely

1

how many pieces

1

utmost limits; extremity; limit

1

between-season wear; spring and autumn clothing; together; condition; situation; -ish

1

sticky

3